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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective did Dan use to describe the hills where they were parked?
(a) Entrancing.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Alive.
(d) Inspiring.

2. What did Sitting Bull's monument overlook?
(a) The Kansas plains.
(b) The Missouri River Valley.
(c) A Lakota settlement.
(d) A Homestead town.

3. How many times did Dan take a pinch of tobacco and offer it to the wind?
(a) Six times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Seven times.

4. Why does Dan say he's sorry for saying those things to Nerburn?
(a) It doesn't make any difference in the facts.
(b) He considers Nerburn a friend.
(c) It makes Dan angry and Nerburn feel bad.
(d) It's not good for Indian-White relationships.

5. How did Dan's grandfathers give him the song?
(a) From the earth.
(b) In the wind.
(c) In a dream.
(d) From bird song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Spanish want from the Indians?

2. How old was Delvin?

3. What did Grover whisper after the ferocious storm had subsided?

4. Where did Eugene's dad live?

5. What did Grover put in his napkin for Fatback?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the bad things the white men did to the Indians?

2. Describe Annie's yard and other things outside her house.

3. Dan asked Nerburn to help him and Nerburn wanted to do that but what else did Nerburn feel he needed to do?

4. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

5. What did Dan take out of his large bag four times during the time he circled the fenced area?

6. Describe Grover's drive to Annie's house in the beginning of Chapter 20.

7. Describe Danelle and Delvin, Dan's other granddaughter and her husband.

8. Name some of the signs along the road in Chapter 22.

9. Dan said the trouble wasn't alcohol for the Indians. What did he say the trouble was?

10. Describe Annie.

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